His defense lacks any sense of toughness and attack. He doesn't dictate anything. When he blitzes he blitzes to blitz and not to dictate what the ofense can and cannot do.
Take Wade Phillips on the other hand. The guy instantly upgrades any defense he coaches regardless of talent. Why? Because he has a defense that dictactes what an offense must do. Not sit back trying to defend against any and everything possible.
Preseason or not, toughness and an attacking mentality are something that shows regardless. Sutton's defenses are soft, reactionary and undisciplined.
How this guy still has a job bogles the minds of most. But I am afraid what we've seen the last few years is what we will see again. Minimal attack, dependency on a turnover. Lots of time on the field defensively. [Reply]
Originally Posted by -King-:
The funny thing is Suttons defenses have been just as good as Wade Phillips over the past 5 years even though Phillips has had more talent. Posted via Mobile Device
Except when it was needed most...
Proof positive that stats can be meaningless. [Reply]
Originally Posted by RunKC:
Can we at least wait until we aren’t running vanilla gameplans in games that don’t matter to determine this?
Good god pete
True. As much as I really don't like Sutton or his designs, I have to keep perspective and realize this isn't the real thing. The problem for me is the real thing doesn't look all that much improved than what 2018 has shown us so far.
Originally Posted by petegz28:
Sorry, not buying it. Toughness is a mentality and something that carries through in every play. This team is still soft. We aren't showing any hand, let alone our full hand.
I'm not optimistic. I was calling for his head this offseason.
But it's preseason and I'll give him a chance to show his hand once the season starts. I'd feel different if Reid was just talking coach speak. But he specifically said we'll be more aggressive. We haven't been at all in preseason which leads me to believe we're not showing our full hand. [Reply]
Originally Posted by TEX:
Now pull stats for situational down and distance. Bet there is a BIG difference.
I thought NFL games were won by allowing less points than you scored. Didnt know there was a new down and distance components to scoring now. Posted via Mobile Device [Reply]
